Welton

Other current and historical names

Weletone
Waletone
Welintone

Built-Up Area: Welton
Parish/Community: Welton
District/Borough: Daventry
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°17'18"N 1°8'59"W
Eastings/Northings: 458077, 265927
OS Grid: SP580659
Mapcode Local: GBR 8RP.J2V
Mapcode Global: VHCV6.0RX2

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Welton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Welton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Welton.-- par. and vil. with ry. sta. (for Gullsborough), Northamptonshire - par., 1690 ac., pop. 489; vil., 2 miles NE. of Daventry; P.O.; in vicinity is Welton Place, seat.

Welton in the Domesday Book

A village in Gravesend hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Baldwin son of Herlewin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern of Neuf-Marché (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Mills: 1, value 1 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfmer (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Meadow: 1 acre

British Place Names

Welton, Northamptonshire

Welton is a village in Welton , Northamptonshire

Welton in historic gazetteers

Welton in the Domesday Book